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A photoacoustic trace gas sensor based on an optical read-out method of a quartz tuning fork is shown. Instead of conventional piezoelectric signal read-out, as applied in well-known quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy (QEPAS), an interferometric read-out method for measurement of the tuning fork’s oscillation is presented. To demonstrate the potential of the optical read-out of tuning forks in photoacoustics, a comparison between the performances of a sensor with interferometric read-out and conventional QEPAS with piezoelectric read-out is reported. The two sensors show similar characteristics. The detection limit (L) for the optical read-out is determined to be L opt=(2598±84) ppm (1σ) compared to L elec=(2579±78) ppm (1σ) for piezoelectric read-out. In both cases the detection limit is defined by the thermal noise of the tuning fork.
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Köhring, M., Pohlkötter, A., Willer, U. et al. Tuning fork enhanced interferometric photoacoustic spectroscopy: a new method for trace gas analysis. Appl. Phys. B 102, 133–139 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-010-4222-4
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